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Text:Blest Creator of the Light
Author (attributed to):Gregory I, 540-604
Translator (from Latin):John Chandler, 1806-1876
Tune:VIENNA
Composer:Justin Heinrich Knecht
Media:MIDI file

574. Blest Creator of the Light

1. Blest Creator of the light,
Making day with radiance bright,
Thou didst o’er the forming earth
Give the golden light its birth.

2. Shade of eve with morning ray
Took from Thee the name of day;
Darkness now is drawing nigh;
Listen to our humble cry.

3. May we ne’er by guilt depressed
Lose the way to endless rest;
Nor with idle thoughts and vain
Bind our souls to earth again.

4. Rather may we heavenward rise
Where eternal treasure lies;
Purified by grace within,
Hating every deed of sin.

5. Holy Father, hear our cry,
Through Thy Son our Lord most high,
Whom our thankful hearts adore
With the Spirit evermore.

Text Information
First Line: Blest Creator of the light
Title: Blest Creator of the Light
Latin Title: Lucis Creator optime
Author (attributed to): Gregory I, 540-604
Translator (from Latin): John Chandler, 1806-1876
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: VIENNA
Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht (1797)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 32135 43671 27651
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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